Thistle Control in Pastures by Brent Sellers, Pratap Devkota, Jason Ferrell

“… If left uncontrolled, thick thistle stands can reduce grazing, result in less forage production, and ultimately, lower calf weaning weight. A single thistle plant can produce at least 4,000 seeds, increasing the chance for higher thistle populations in the pasture the following year. …”
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Clinical features of chronic pancreatitis at elderly patients with severe mesenteric atherosclerosis by O. S. Shifrin, I. A. Sokolina, T. L. Lemina

“…Patients of this group were characterized by series of features: older age, lower intensity of pain, higher frequency of ischemic heart disease and systemic hypertension. …”
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Analyzing Production Records of Commercial Sweet Orange Blocks to Measure Effects of Mechanical Harvesting on Long-Term Production and Tree Health by Fritz M. Roka, Lisa H. House, Katrina R. Mosley

“… Ever since mechanical harvesting systems were introduced in the 1960s, growers expressed serious concerns over the potential negative impact mechanical harvesting could have on their trees. …”
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Ultrasound-guided low-volume anterior suprascapular nerve block for reduction of anterior shoulder dislocation in the emergency department: A case series by Chitta Ranjan Mohanty, Anju Gupta, Rakesh Vadakkethil Radhakrishnan, Neha Singh, Saroj Kumar Patra

“…Recently, anterior subomohyoid approach performed in the lower neck has been described but has not yet been reported in the ED. …”
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Blackberry and Dewberry: Biology and Control by Brent Sellers, Pratap Devkota, Jason Ferrell

“…This may not seem that detrimental. However, severe financial losses can occur if cattle are injured by these growing thickets. …”
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Improving the Precision of Blueberry Frost Protection Irrigation by Tatiana Borisova, Tori Bradley, Mercy Olmstead, Jeffrey Williamson

“… In Florida, early-ripening southern highbush blueberry cultivars allow growers to take advantage of high prices in the early market before other states can compete with higher volumes of berries sold at lower prices. …”
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A decepção de Tinker Bell e a luta das classificações: o artesanato, o Governo Federal e o Sebrae by Maria Salete de Souza Nery

“…Taken as accepted and consensual, the term handicraft is a place of disputes, particularly in its tension with art and the market. We outline the role and the power of the State in defining the legitimate meanings that regulate coordinated ac- tions of differenta agencies and also of the individuals who are considered craftsmen. …”
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Benford’s Law and transparency: an analysis of municipal expenditure by Ricardo Sartori Cella, Ercilio Zanolla

“…Therefore, two municipalities in the state of Goiás were selected, one with a higher and one a lower level of transparency, according to the National Transparency Ranking of the Federal Public Ministry, of 2016. …”
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TAX GOVERNANCE: A STUDY OF ITS EFFECTS ON TAX EVASION by Hugo Leonardo Menezes de Carvalho, Lucimar Antônio Cabral de Ávila

“…The results confirm the theoretical hypothesis that was tested: the countries in the sample with corporate tax governance practices presented lower levels of tax evasion, which is important empirical evidence of this relationship that has been postulated, but not yet verified by the literature. …”
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Interpreting Dye Test Results for Improved Drip Irrigation Management for the Mulched Vegetable-Production Systems in South Florida by Sanjay Shukla, Nathan Holt, Gregory Hendricks

“…If it is not feasible for the grower to conduct an on-farm dye test, results from a dye test with similar site characteristics—including region, soil type, bed geometry, and drip tape—can be used. …”
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A Case of Life-Threatening Contralateral Tension Pneumothorax during Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery in a Patient with Retrosternal Goiter by Nimitha Prasad, Sucheta S. Gaiwal

“…We report a case of a 74-year-old female with a retrosternal goiter undergoing video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for a left lung lower lobectomy, necessitating one-lung ventilation (OLV). …”
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Wellsina Mite Hemicheyletia wellsina (De Leon) (Arachnida: Acari: Cheyletidae) by Haleigh A. Ray, Marjorie A. Hoy

“…Hemicheyletia wellsina does not appear likely to be an effective natural enemy in agricultural crops as an introduced predator, but could be beneficial in natural biological control in natural ecosystems, where pest densities are lower. This 5-page fact sheet was written by Haleigh A. …”
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Prime Ideals and Three-generated Ideals with Large Regularity by McCullough, Jason

“…We provide a construction showing that both $\Phi (3,d)$ and $\Psi (e)$ must be at least doubly exponential in $d$ and $e$, respectively. Previously known lower bounds were merely super-polynomial in both cases.…”
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Analysis of the possible consequences of large-scale production of sand and gravel mixture in the downstream of large hydroelectric facilities based on hydrodynamic modeling (the V... by Anatoliy V. Lepikhin, Yuri S. Lyakhin, Alexey A. Tiunov, Anna A. Wozniak, Anton I. Luchnikov, Dmitiy V. Perepelitsa, Andrey V. Bogomolov

“…The authors have presented estimation of possible hydraulic consequences of the large-scale mining of sand/gravel mixtures in the upper part of the Lower Kama Reservoir 9the Votkinsk Reservoir downstream) based on the multi-version computation experiments with the developed hydro/dynamic model of the water body under consideration. …”

Female Regency Rule in Western Pomerania Exemplified by Duchess Elizabeth, the Wife of Warcisław IV (1326–ca. 1350) by Patrycja Jędrzejewska-Michalak

“…After her husband died in 1326, Elizabeth had to face the function of regent because her sons were minors. When she took over, she exercised power and fought to maintain the principality using various methods. …”
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Worst Case Resistance Testing: A Nonresponse Bias Solution for Today’s Survey Research Realities by Stephen France, Frank G. Adams, V. Myles Landers

“… This study proposes a method of nonresponse assessment based on meta-analytical file-drawer techniques, also known as worst-case resistance testing (WCRT), and suitable for a wide range of data collection scenarios. …”
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Challenges for women's leadership in organisations, from the perspective of judge and prophetess Deborah by J.A. Triana Palomino, I.D. Toro-Jaramillo, S.M. Giraldo Sánchez

“…These biases have uncritically been assimilated into the culture, including the work environment, and to overcome them, it is necessary to create scenarios of individual and collective confrontation, in order to recognise women’s capacity to exercise authority and power. …”
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Zagadnienie nawrócenia i pokuty w dziełach Sulpicjusza Sewera by Józef Pochwat

“…Although he writes that the miracles of driving out demons are performed by the power of the cross of Christ, and that repentance is the work of Jesus’ grace and steadfast faith and trust in God’s help, it seems that for him the person of St. …”
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Monogenean Parasites of Fish by Peggy Reed, Ruth Francis-Floyd, RuthEllen Klinger, Denise Petty

“…Monogeneans are a class of parasitic flatworms that are commonly found on fishes and lower aquatic invertebrates. Most monogeneans are browsers that move about freely on the fish’s body surface feeding on mucus and epithelial cells of the skin and gills; however, a few adult monogeneans will remain permanently attached to a single site on the host. …”
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United Nations Peacekeeping and the Principal of Non-Intervention: A TWAIL Perspective by Jennifer Giblin by Madeeha Umair Malik

“…While offering a compelling critique of entrenched power imbalances, the book’s reliance on a single case study raises questions about generalizability. …”
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